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(No Model.)

W. O. BARR.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

Patented Jan.2 9, 1 884.

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WILLIAM c. BARR, QF-JERSEY- OITY,-NEW JERSEY.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION. forming part of Letters Patent No, 292,617, dated January 29, 1884. I

Application filed October 18, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. BARR, a citizen of the United States, residing at"Jeri United States, No. 151,073, were granted to me May 19, 1874. v

The object of my present invention is to avoid the welding of the arms composing the spokes, as described in said Letters Patent,and

thereby produce a cheaper wheel; to which'end it consists in clamping the inner ends of the arms between two washers by means of screwbolts, the outer ends of which form journals, one of the washers having recesses to receive said ends of the arms, and the opposed surfaces of the washers being beveled in planes corresponding to theposition of the arms, as hereinafter more fully described.

Inthe accompanying drawings,in which like letters indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a side view of my wheel. Fig. 2 is a cross-section thereof. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views of the washers.

The letter A designates the rim or felly of the wheel; B, the arms composing the spokes; O O, the washers, and D the screw-bolts." The arms B are arranged in, two sets, as heretofore, and are secured to the rim A at the outer end by lugs or offsets e, or. other suitable means, to thence project inward toward the axis of the wheel in outwardly-inclined planes. The inner ends of the arms B are fitted into recesses f, formed in the washer O of each set on its inner surface, there being two washers to washer.

each set of arms, and at the points ,where the arms enter between the two washers the latter'are beveled on their opposed surfaces in planes corresponding to the position of the arms, as shown inFig. 2, the recesses'being,

in" fact, in the beveled portion of the proper The bolts D pass through the washers C'G, there being one to each set of washers,'and on the threaded portion of the bolts, respectively, is fitted anut, g, which, together with the head of the bolt, acts on the washers to clamp the arms between them. The free ends of the bolts D project outward on the wheel, andare left plain to form journals 2',

they form a snug joint'therewith. It should be understood that both washers O C may be recessed.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is"

The' combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with the rim A and arms B, of

the washers G 0'," one recessed to receive the inner endsof the arms, and both beveled on their opposed surfaces in'planes corresponding to the position of the arms, and the screwbolts D, arranged to act on the washers for clamping the arms, the outer ends of the bolts forming journals.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM '0. BABE.

' Witnesses: v

FRANCIS CLARE BOWEN,

JAS. S. EWBANK." 

